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AFA staff and families have been taking part in Text Santa 2015 – below are a few photos of our Christmas attire ( some staff cheated and made their poor offspring don a Christmas jumper in their place! )

When a child doesn’t go to school it can have a huge impact on both the child themselves and on everyone else in the household. Refusing to go can be a sign of problems in or out of school and it’s important to focus on getting to the underlying cause of why they won’t go.…

Many children go through a stage of telling tales or mistruths and often taking things that are not theirs. This is part of child development and children working out right from wrong. This can happen at different ages for different children. It may be that their background or past experiences have a big impact on…

Parents and carers who take an interest in their children’s homework have a better knowledge of their education. Additionally, children who are able to complete homework tasks successfully are likely to develop a good working attitude. Young people are more successful in school when parents take an active interest in their homework — it shows…

Depending on the desired size of you snowflakes use a saucer or tea plate to draw around on white, gold or silver paper. Cut out the circles, then fold in half. Fold again keeping the straight edges together, and fold once more. Cut shapes out along the folded edges. Open up to reveal a snowflake.…